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Topic: research funding

The White House in Washington

Thursday, 7/16, 04:53 PM

White House plan to put federal grants under political review draws fierce pushback

A proposed White House rule would let political appointees, rather than scientific peer reviewers, decide which federal research grants get funded, and cancel awards already made.
Scientists, universities and Democratic lawmakers are pushing back hard, warning it would inject ideology into American research and chill fields the administration dislikes.

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